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Originally Posted by Boo Hollow
Most of the pocket mice and kangaroo rats (Heteromyids) prefer seed based diets with occassional arthropod desserts. Voles, on the other hand, prefer leafy vegetable matter and are hard to trap based on this diet preference. Voles will also frequently start clipping leaves when they are nest building. They are also known to enter into the bottom holes of pots and pull the dirt out and feed on the roots and bases of plants. There is a really good video on the web
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That's what I thought, I'm not aware of any voles frequenting the Sonoran Desert. AFAIK, I covered all the common rodents in the area in my OP.